While Apple does have a strict review policy when it comes to accepting apps into its iTunes App Store, once in a while a couple of apps manage to sneak in and the alarm bells go off weeks later. As 2011 comes to an end, here is a recap of the top 5 apps that were pulled from the Apple App Store this year, and why.

This isn't the first time we've seen the word Apple and explosion in the same sentence and may not be the last. Reports have come in confirming a explosion at Shanghai-based Riteng Computer Accessory Company has left 23 workers hospitalized and 34 more with minor injuries.

While it may be no surprise that the fastest selling smartphone in the UK at the moment is the iPhone 4S, the fact that it represents a quarter of all sales during the month leading up to December 9 is surprising.

While rumors of an iPhone 5 stole the show earlier this year, it never deviated reports of a possible 7-inch iPad in the works as well. Now analysts over at DigiTimes have once again reignited details of a 7.85-inch iPad that will likely go head to head with the Amazon Kindle Fire:

Apple looks set to make its first purchase under the running of CEO Tim Cook and it appears to be the very familiar flash memory units manufacturer Anobit.